Dr. Jorge Lockhart
The USF College of Medicine welcomed a new department earlier this month: Urology
Urology was a division in the Department of Surgery and in Clinical Affairs prior to this, but with its continuing growth, the time had come for Urology to become its own entity.
Dr. Jorge L. Lockhart was named the founding chair of the Department of Urology Sept. 1. After training at Duke University and the University of Uruguay, Dr. Lockhart came to USF in 1987 from the University of Miami. Dr. Lockhart is an internationally recognized leader in the field of urinary diversion and pelvic reconstruction. He has directed and developed the USF Urology residency program since that time, and under his guidance, it has steadily grown.
Dr. Lockhart will be joined by three other full-time faculty members: Raul Ordorica, MD, associate professor and chief of urodynamics and reconstruction; Rafael Carrion, MD, assistant professor and chief of andrology and sexual dysfunction; and new faculty member, David Hernandez, MD, assistant professor, who joins USF after training at the Brady Urological Institute of Johns Hopkins.
Dr. Lockhart said part of urology’s success is due to its relationships with its affiliate hospitals, which include Tampa General Hospital, the James A. Haley VA Hospital and Moffitt Cancer Center. The urology residents also receive training in pediatric urology at Nemours Children’s Clinic in Orlando. The affiliates help make the program attractive to residents, who want to come here because of the varied surgical experience, Dr. Lockhart said.
Dr. Lockhart is working to recruit two new faculty members and expects to increase the number of urology fellows and the amount of research funding.
- Story by Lisa Greene, USF Health Communications